The mystery over the death and 'afterlife' of Subhas Chandra Bose has spawned stranger than fiction subplots, taken bewildering array of high-profile personalities in its fold and left a trail of secret files and mind-boggling riddles. Did Netaji die in Taiwan, or in Soviet captivity? Or was he alive until 1985, working behind the scenes? How can the case be cracked? Here are the hard facts from a present-day perspective.